Today we'd like you to meet the gang from It's A Wonderpurr Life.
It’s A Wonderpurr Life for Herman, a Turkish Van/Turkish Angora mix, who joined Twitter as @TattleCat on October 28, 2011 and seven months later boasts of over 1,500 followers. I think his popularity is due to his breed, of which few have seen before especially in the United States.
Herman is a visual feast of feline floofiness. He has the classic “red tabby and white” markings associated with Turkish Van cats, a breed brought from Turkey to the United States in 1982. While many cats have three distinct hair types in their coat - guard hair, awn hair and down hair - the Turkish Van only has awn hair. This makes their coat feel like cashmere or rabbit fur. Van cats are also known for their ringed, bottlebrush tail.
However Herman is not a pure Van as he has the delicate build of a Turkish Angora, a breed brought to the United States in 1963. Both breeds are extremely intelligent and alert, and have a sense of humor. They are also talkers. Herman’s voice is high-pitched and squeaky. He doesn't have a meow per se. Herman is also a social cat and loves to make an entrance at a party. Although he’s not keen about being held, especially rocked like a human baby, he is willing to sit beside me and hang out.
Herman has amazing perception and an almost human way of communicating. He looks you in the eye with incredible clarity and meaning. It’s pretty hard to deny him anything he wants…which is why he’s become accustomed to getting more than his fair share of attention, wherever he goes.
Herman loves to travel. He spent Christmas in Michigan with my husband and me, and while on the road he discovered trucks. He will stand on my lap to check out the wheels and then gaze up at the cab, not the least afraid of the steel monsters. Herman is “employed” as my writer’s “mews” and keeps me company while I write. Therefore it was obvious to take him with me on book signings where of course he’s a big hit. I have a romantic comedy published under the name Kimberley Dehn. Southern Exposure was nominated for an EPIC award and has garnered great reviews. I also blog at Kept By Cats.
Herman’s blog, Its A Wonderpurr Life, was intended to be funny and filled with life in our house from his perspective.
However, since its January 2012 debut, it has predominantly featured “intermews” with his Anipals from Twitter. Two of Herman’s best loved Anipals, @Petiethecat and @BrianBunny went Over The Rainbow Bridge and were featured on Herman’s blog.
http://tattlecat.blogspot.com/2012/03/we-love-petie-cat.html http://tattlecat.blogspot.com/2012/02/brian-bunny-tribute.html
In February 2012 we had an unexpected tragedy when our Alpha cat, Nicholas, died from a mysterious respiratory infection. Then in April, second Alpha, Cookie, came down with the same symptoms. Our veterinarian told me to check our home for mold. We discovered our air handlers were loaded with black mold! That’s what killed Nicholas. We had the mold destroyed the next day and as an added precaution had live bacteria added to our ventilation to kill the mold for the next six months. Tennessee and adjoining states have a high precedent for mold spores, and we believe the tree that fell on our house in 2009 during a tornado may have leaked the spores into our home.
Not only did our cats show signs of mold poisoning, but so did my husband and I. As I am a writer and work from our home, and my office is upstairs near the attic where the air handlers are located, I suffered from the mold poisoning with difficulty in breathing, chronic fatigue, lethargy, joint pains, panic attacks, anxiety, mood swings, irritability, inability to cope with stress, memory loss and lack of concentration. The last two hampered my ability to make a living as a novelist and also affected Herman’s blog in that I leaned heavily on doing interviews rather than actually writing blog posts.
The high level exposure to toxic black mold killed Nicholas. No question. Our cat apartment is adjacent to the attic where the air handlers are located. Nick spent a lot of time in there. He already had asthma from the toxic air here in the Mid-South, but the mold destroyed his respiratory system. Herman has always suffered from chronic urinary tract infections, but over the past three years no amount of medication has helped him. UTI’s are on the list of mold poisoning symptoms.
Our cats are now being treated, but with his age Cookie is still struggling and will be on medication for some time to come. It’s been two weeks since the mold was destroyed. I can tell I am improving. My ability to concentrate is gradually returning. I no longer eat Aleve like its candy. I’m sleeping and breathing easier. But this is not an overnight cure. It will take a long time to purge our bodies of this horrible fungus.
I’ve made Nicholas and Cookie the poster cats for Black Mold Awareness. #BewareBlackMold or #BBM asks Herman’s followers to check their homes for signs of mold. It’s not always visible. Ours wasn’t. We checked vents we were able to reach. But we didn’t check the ceiling vent (as shown in photo) and we didn’t open the air handlers where it was rampant.
Nick was an ultra special cat. His obit is located here.
Please click the below link to read about signs of mold poisoning. It could save your pet’s life and yours too. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/toxic-black-mold-symptoms-poisoning.html
It’s A Wonderpurr Life for Herman, a Turkish Van/Turkish Angora mix, who joined Twitter as @TattleCat on October 28, 2011 and seven months later boasts of over 1,500 followers. I think his popularity is due to his breed, of which few have seen before especially in the United States.
Herman is a visual feast of feline floofiness. He has the classic “red tabby and white” markings associated with Turkish Van cats, a breed brought from Turkey to the United States in 1982. While many cats have three distinct hair types in their coat - guard hair, awn hair and down hair - the Turkish Van only has awn hair. This makes their coat feel like cashmere or rabbit fur. Van cats are also known for their ringed, bottlebrush tail.
However Herman is not a pure Van as he has the delicate build of a Turkish Angora, a breed brought to the United States in 1963. Both breeds are extremely intelligent and alert, and have a sense of humor. They are also talkers. Herman’s voice is high-pitched and squeaky. He doesn't have a meow per se. Herman is also a social cat and loves to make an entrance at a party. Although he’s not keen about being held, especially rocked like a human baby, he is willing to sit beside me and hang out.
Herman has amazing perception and an almost human way of communicating. He looks you in the eye with incredible clarity and meaning. It’s pretty hard to deny him anything he wants…which is why he’s become accustomed to getting more than his fair share of attention, wherever he goes.
Herman loves to travel. He spent Christmas in Michigan with my husband and me, and while on the road he discovered trucks. He will stand on my lap to check out the wheels and then gaze up at the cab, not the least afraid of the steel monsters. Herman is “employed” as my writer’s “mews” and keeps me company while I write. Therefore it was obvious to take him with me on book signings where of course he’s a big hit. I have a romantic comedy published under the name Kimberley Dehn. Southern Exposure was nominated for an EPIC award and has garnered great reviews. I also blog at Kept By Cats.
Herman’s blog, Its A Wonderpurr Life, was intended to be funny and filled with life in our house from his perspective.
However, since its January 2012 debut, it has predominantly featured “intermews” with his Anipals from Twitter. Two of Herman’s best loved Anipals, @Petiethecat and @BrianBunny went Over The Rainbow Bridge and were featured on Herman’s blog.
http://tattlecat.blogspot.com/2012/03/we-love-petie-cat.html http://tattlecat.blogspot.com/2012/02/brian-bunny-tribute.html
In February 2012 we had an unexpected tragedy when our Alpha cat, Nicholas, died from a mysterious respiratory infection. Then in April, second Alpha, Cookie, came down with the same symptoms. Our veterinarian told me to check our home for mold. We discovered our air handlers were loaded with black mold! That’s what killed Nicholas. We had the mold destroyed the next day and as an added precaution had live bacteria added to our ventilation to kill the mold for the next six months. Tennessee and adjoining states have a high precedent for mold spores, and we believe the tree that fell on our house in 2009 during a tornado may have leaked the spores into our home.
Not only did our cats show signs of mold poisoning, but so did my husband and I. As I am a writer and work from our home, and my office is upstairs near the attic where the air handlers are located, I suffered from the mold poisoning with difficulty in breathing, chronic fatigue, lethargy, joint pains, panic attacks, anxiety, mood swings, irritability, inability to cope with stress, memory loss and lack of concentration. The last two hampered my ability to make a living as a novelist and also affected Herman’s blog in that I leaned heavily on doing interviews rather than actually writing blog posts.
The high level exposure to toxic black mold killed Nicholas. No question. Our cat apartment is adjacent to the attic where the air handlers are located. Nick spent a lot of time in there. He already had asthma from the toxic air here in the Mid-South, but the mold destroyed his respiratory system. Herman has always suffered from chronic urinary tract infections, but over the past three years no amount of medication has helped him. UTI’s are on the list of mold poisoning symptoms.
Our cats are now being treated, but with his age Cookie is still struggling and will be on medication for some time to come. It’s been two weeks since the mold was destroyed. I can tell I am improving. My ability to concentrate is gradually returning. I no longer eat Aleve like its candy. I’m sleeping and breathing easier. But this is not an overnight cure. It will take a long time to purge our bodies of this horrible fungus.
I’ve made Nicholas and Cookie the poster cats for Black Mold Awareness. #BewareBlackMold or #BBM asks Herman’s followers to check their homes for signs of mold. It’s not always visible. Ours wasn’t. We checked vents we were able to reach. But we didn’t check the ceiling vent (as shown in photo) and we didn’t open the air handlers where it was rampant.
Nick was an ultra special cat. His obit is located here.
Please click the below link to read about signs of mold poisoning. It could save your pet’s life and yours too. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/toxic-black-mold-symptoms-poisoning.html
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